USPS Could Have Save $4 Million Excerpts from the USPS OIG report: This report presents the results of our audit of Postal Service Absenteeism (Project Number 09YG016HM000). Our overall audit objective was to determine if the Postal Service’s absenteeism rate is comparable with the rate of the private and federal sectors and, if not, to […]
The office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio issued the following press release: February 18, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called for an investigation on the effects of a proposed consolidation of U.S. Postal Service facilities in Lima. In a letter sent this week to David C. Williams, the Inspector General of […]
From the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG): When a Part-Time Flexible (PTF) Carrier in Pennsylvania kept calling his office on his day off to determine if four Express Mail packages had arrived from Arizona, the manager became suspicious. Aware that such packages had been part of marijuana trafficking networks from Arizona, the manager notified […]
A study just released by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that the current system of funding the Postal Service’s Civil Service Retirement System pension responsibility is inequitable and has resulted in the Postal Service overpaying $75 billion to the pension fund. The OIG estimates that if the overcharge was used […]
APWU News Echoing APWU criticisms, a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that after more than five years of initiatives aimed at streamlining the mail-processing network, the Postal Service has failed to establish criteria for identifying consolidation opportunities. The USPS has made only limited progress in implementing Area Mail […]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have launched a joint year-long initiative to combat workers’ compensation fraud. This effort, building on last year’s prevention and awareness campaign launched by the OIG (Link, 9/14/09), will commit increased investigative resources to identify fraudulent claimants. Workers’ compensation benefits help employees who suffer […]
Press Release from the Oversight and Government Reform January 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns today requested an investigation into an incident involving significant delays in the delivery of pension checks in New York. The Chairman is calling on David Williams, the United States Postal Service Inspector General, to investigate the thousands of […]
This report presents the results of our audit of Network Rationalization Initiatives (Project Number 09XR001EN000). This review is part of a series to evaluate the U. S. Postal Service’s Network Rationalization1 initiatives. Our objectives were to evaluate the Postal Service’s progress in streamlining the network since fiscal year (FY) 2005;and identify the key challenges in […]
October 15, 2009 The Honorable Paul Hodes U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Attention: Sarah Levin Dear Mr. Hodes: We received your May 21 letter on behalf of the New Hampshire branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). They alleged manipulation of the Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS) by management at […]